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3-D, after-the-fact focus image sensors invented

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the heart of digital photography is a chip called an image sensor that captures a map of the intensity of the light as it comes through the lens and converts it to an electronic signal.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Real-time monitoring of RNA splicing in living cells moves step closer with novel fluorescent probe

Numerous biological processes depend on molecules called lariat RNAs (LaRNAs). These lasso-shaped structures form in the cell during RNA splicing. During this process, transcribed RNA strands convert to messenger ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Squid ink from Jurassic period identical to modern squid ink, study shows

(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers, including a University of Virginia professor, has found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant squid fossils discovered two years ago in England ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Functional genomics gets tiny

A little more than a decade ago, researchers discovered an ancient mechanism that cells use to silence genes. Like a dimmer switch turning down a light, RNA interference (RNAi) dials down gene activity in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanosheet catalyst discovered to sustainably split hydrogen from water

(Phys.org) -- Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

New technique uses electrons to map nanoparticle atomic structures

With dimensions measuring billionths of a meter, nanoparticles are way too small to see with the naked eye. Yet it is becoming possible for today's scientists not only to see them, but also to look inside at how the atoms ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists solve a mystery of bacterial growth and resistance

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have unraveled a complex chemical pathway that enables bacteria to form clusters called biofilms. Such improved understanding might eventually aid the development ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanodot-based memory sets new world speed record

Record speed, low-voltage, and ultra-small size make nanodots a "triple threat" for electronic memory in computers and other electronic devices.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

New research suggests European Neandertals were almost extinct long before humans showed up

Western Europe has long been held to be the "cradle" of Neandertal evolution since many of the earliest discoveries were from sites in this region. But when Neandertals started disappearing around 30,000 years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Tevatron experiments report latest results in search for Higgs boson

(PhysOrg.com) -- New measurements announced today by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory indicate that the elusive Higgs ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Russian heat wave 'had both manmade and natural causes'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The heat wave that struck western Russia in summer 2010, causing 55,000 deaths, was caused by a combination of manmade and natural factors. However, the frequency of occurrence of such heat ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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